Documentation Out of Nothing, Something 2024-04-25 0 Juhana Pettersson In the larp Helicon, a specific kind of beauty spontaneously emerged when players' actions collectively created a wonderfully coherent whole.
Tools On Co-creating Experiences – iFoL 2024-04-23 0 Katharina Kramer IFoL, standing for “Its Full of Larps”, is typically a long weekend, dedicated to short form larps and socializing.
Tools Strings and Rails: NPCs vs. Supporting Characters 2024-04-19 0 Karolina Fido-Fairfax NPCs are tools for larp designers to set specific events in motion. Sometimes, the presence of NPCs with complex personalities is beneficial.
Opinion Experience vs. Imagination – Effects of Player Age 2024-04-01 0 Chris Hartford It is often stated that imagination is the limit – that anyone can play any role – but is that the reality?
Tools Designing the Designer 2024-03-27 0 Juhana Pettersson Every aspect of larp can be designed for particular effect. This article argues that this applies to the person of the designer as well.
Tools Player Limitations and Accessibility in Larp 2024-03-18 0 Beatrix Livesey-Stephens Bjørn-Morten Vang Gundersen Accessibility is about looking out for people. Thinking about accessibility signals to players that they are explicitly included.
Theory Readdressing Larp as Commodity: How Do We Define Value When the Customer Is Always Right? 2024-03-15 0 Usva Seregina In this article, the author returns to the topic of larp as a commodity, taking a look at it in a context that is defined by numerous crises.
Documentation Together at Last: Romantic Paradox in a Not-Quite-Dystopian Future 2024-03-13 0 Sarah Lynne Bowman A larp set in a governmental facility in which volunteers are matchmade three times in order to find their Perfect Match.
Documentation Extinction Now: Coming to Terms with Dissolution in End(less) Story 2024-02-16 0 Syksy Räsänen We live in an apocalyptic age. The blackbox larp End(less) Story taps into this mortal dread unapologetically and with compassion.
Documentation Helicon: An Epic Larp about Love, Beauty, and Brutality 2024-01-26 0 Sarah Lynne Bowman Ritual play in which group of artists, leaders, and scientists bind the Muses of antiquity to their will.